Samuel E. Wright
Acting • Born 1946-11-20 – Died 2021-05-24
Biography
Samuel E. Wright (November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021) was an American actor, vocal actor, and singer, best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, and the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway.
Filmography
41 credits
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1989
Sebastian (voice)
Dinosaur
Movie • 2000
Kron (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Movie • 2000
Sebastian (voice)
Bird
Movie • 1988
Dizzy Gillespie
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Movie • 2008
Sebastian (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
Movie • 2006
Sebastian (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Movie • 2005
Sebastian (voice)
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades
Movie • 2002
Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami
Movie • 2002
Sebastian
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
Movie • 2001
Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami
Movie • 2001
Sebastian
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa
Movie • 2001
Sebastian
Le marsupilami à New-York
Movie • 2001
Sebastian
Me and Him
Movie • 1988
Paramedic 1
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Movie • 1986
Morris
Sebastian's Party Gras
Movie • 1991
Sebastian
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
Movie • 1991
Sebastian
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Movie • 1988
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Little Mermaid Live!
Movie • 2019
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
Brass
Movie • 1985
Capt. Michael Shore
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Movie • 2006
Self (achieve footage)
Hollow Image
Movie • 1979
Scottie
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Movie • 1990
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
Separate But Equal
Movie • 1991
Artis Patterson
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie • 1996
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Dubois
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Dr. Dan Morgan
Disney's House of Mouse
TV • 2001
Sebastian (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
TV • 2001
Sebastian
Jonny Zero
TV • 2005
The Little Mermaid
TV • 1992
Sebastian (voice)
Enos
TV • 1980
Turk Adams
Alex Haley's Queen
TV • 1993
Alfred
Ball Four
TV • 1976
Raw Toonage
TV • 1992
Sebastian (voice)
Marsupilami
TV • 1993
Sebastian (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
Little Mermaid's Island
TV • 1990
Sebastian (voice)
Separate but Equal
TV • 1991
Artis Patterson